Re: [PATCH v4 06/39] x86/fpu: Add helper for modifying xstate
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Date: 2022-12-21 10:32:54
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:03:39AM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
Sorry about this and the others. I get spelling errors in checkpatch, so I must have dictionary issues or something.
No worries, happens to everyone.
Yes, the KVM series needed it. Part of the reasoning here was to provide some helpers to avoid mistakes in modifying xstate, so the general idea was that it should be available. I suppose that series could add the export though?
Yeah, you do have a point. Preemptive exposure of functionality is not
really needed, so yeah, let's add it when actually really needed.
Thx.
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